Hibakusha
Japan's Supreme Court has rejected a damages lawsuit filed by 27 children of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors, upholding lower court rulings in favor of the state. The plaintiffs argued that excluding hibakusha children from the hibakusha support law was unconstitutional.
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One year after Nihon Hidankyo's Nobel Peace Prize win, atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima continue signature campaigns urging Japan to join the nuclear ban treaty. With the average age of hibakusha exceeding 86, support for abolition groups is growing, but hopes now rest on the youth.